Shades of difference: mythologies of skin color in early modern England

Was there such a thing as a modern notion of race in the English Renaissance, and, if so, was skin color its necessary marker? In fact, early modern texts described human beings of various national origins—including English—as turning white, brown, tawny, black, green, or red for any number of reaso...

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Main Author: Iyengar, Sujata (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
Reviews:[Rezension von: Iyengar, Sujata, Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England] (2006) (Whitford, David M.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Literature / Skin color (motif) (Motif) / Ethnic identity (Motif) / History 1500-1700
Further subjects:B Literature and society England History 16th century
B England Race relations History 17th century
B Human skin color in literature
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Race in literature
B Literature and society England History 17th century
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Difference Psychology in literature
B England Race relations History 16th century
B Human skin color Social aspects (England)
B Difference (Psychology) in literature
B Literature and society (England) History 17th century
B Literature and society (England) History 16th century
B England Race relations History 17th century
B Mythology in literature
B Human skin color Social aspects England
B England Race relations History 16th century
B Blacks in literature
B Bibliography

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